Evidence · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives
The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no…
The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no Indo-Iranian character; Zadok calls Ancillotti's argument unconvincing.
What it means
Key questionWhat was the Kassite language, and can it be classified from a 48-entry vocabulary and a few hundred names?
5 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onKassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.
Counts against1 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged
Sources 2
Kassitenstudien 1: Die Sprache der Kassiten
SRCBalkan 1954
Kassites
SRCZadok 2013
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Indo-Iranian words are confined to a handful of names, while the common nouns of the vocabulary show no… [Evidence EVD0DEEB2JA2QEA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB2JA2QEA
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